Creating a vSphere 6 certificate template in Active Directory
Signing certs for VMware has always been a pain in the ass, it’s gotten a lot better in v6 but there are a few caveats, what we’re going to do here is set up a certificate template in Active Directory from which we will sign our vCenter certificates. Load up your AD-CA box and run: certtmpl.msc Next right click on Web Server and click Duplicate Template: If you use an encryption level higher than sha1 choose Windows Server 2008 as the Certification Authority....